Annals of Oncology

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WHO and six publishers launch Access to Research, internet initiative for developing countries
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 641-645; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf233 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials

T. M. Suter and B. Meier

Detection of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity: is there light at the end of the tunnel?
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 647-649; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf231 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Gianni

High-dose chemotherapy for breast cancer: any use for it?
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 650-652; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf232 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews

Get checked abstract M. Hejna, M. Schmidinger, and M. Raderer

The clinical role of somatostatin analogues as antineoplastic agents: much ado about nothing?
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 653-668; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf142 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Davies, L.-A. Martin, N. Sacks, and M. Dowsett

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), aromatase and breast cancer: a possible role for COX-2 inhibitors in breast cancer chemoprevention
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 669-678; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf125 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Breast cancer

Get checked abstract A. Schneeweiss, M. Hensel, P. Sinn, T. Khbeis, R. Haas, G. Bastert, and A. D. Ho

Characteristics associated with long-term progression-free survival following high-dose chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer and influence of chemotherapy dose
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 679-688; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf168 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. G. Schrama, I. F. Faneyte, J. H. Schornagel, J. W. Baars, J. L. Peterse, M. J. van de Vijver, O. Dalesio, H. van Tinteren, E. J. T. Rutgers, D. J. Richel, and S. Rodenhuis

Randomized trial of high-dose chemotherapy and hematopoietic progenitor-cell support in operable breast cancer with extensive lymph node involvement: final analysis with 7 years of follow-up
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 689-698; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf203 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. V. Jensen, T. Skovsgaard, and S. L. Nielsen

Functional monitoring of anthracycline cardiotoxicity: a prospective, blinded, long-term observational study of outcome in 120 patients
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 699-709; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf132 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D. Cardinale, M. T. Sandri, A. Martinoni, E. Borghini, M. Civelli, G. Lamantia, S. Cinieri, G. Martinelli, C. Fiorentini, and C. M. Cipolla

Myocardial injury revealed by plasma troponin I in breast cancer treated with high-dose chemotherapy
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 710-715; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf170 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gastrointestinal tumors

Get checked abstract S. Cascinu, F. Graziano, F. Ferraù, V. Catalano, C. Massacesi, D. Santini, R. R. Silva, S. Barni, A. Zaniboni, N. Battelli, S. Siena, P. Giordani, D. Mari, A. M. Baldelli, S. Antognoli, R. Maisano, D. Priolo, M. A. Pessi, G. Tonini, S. Rota, and R. Labianca

Raltitrexed plus oxaliplatin (TOMOX) as first-line chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer. A phase II study of the Italian Group for the Study of Gastrointestinal Tract Carcinomas (GISCAD)
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 716-720; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf091 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T. Conroy, P.-L. Etienne, A. Adenis, M. Ducreux, B. Paillot, J. Oliveira, J.-F. Seitz, E. Francois, E. Van Cutsem, D. J. T. Wagener, F. Kohser, S. Daamen, M. Praet, T. Gorlia, B. Baron, and J. Wils

Vinorelbine and cisplatin in metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus: response, toxicity, quality of life and survival
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 721-729; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf063 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Feliu, J. Calvillo, A. Escribano, J. de Castro, M. E. Sánchez, A. Mata, E. Espinosa, A. García Grande, A. Mateo, and M. González Barón

Neoadjuvant therapy of rectal carcinoma with UFT–leucovorin plus radiotherapy
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 730-736; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf116 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lung cancer

Get checked abstract S. J. Clarke, R. Abratt, L. Goedhals, M. J. Boyer, M. J. Millward, and S. P. Ackland

Phase II trial of pemetrexed disodium (ALIMTA^®, LY231514) in chemotherapy-naïve patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 737-741; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf115 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Pérol, H. Léna, P. Thomas, G. Robinet, P. Fournel, E Coste, C. Belleguic, H. Le Caer, F. Blanchon, A. Vergnenègre, J.-M Vernejoux, M.-P. Schuller-Lebeau, and E. Pham

Phase II randomized multicenter study evaluating a treatment regimen alternating docetaxel and cisplatin–vinorelbine with a cisplatin–vinorelbine control group in patients with stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer: GFPC 97.01 study
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 742-747; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf128 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. Arriagada, T. Le Chevalier, A. Rivière, P. Chomy, I. Monnet, E. Bardet, J. A Santos-Miranda, C. Le Péchoux, M. Tarayre, S. Benhamou, and A. Laplanche

Patterns of failure after prophylactic cranial irradiation in small-cell lung cancer: analysis of 505 randomized patients
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 748-754; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf123 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Phase I and pharmacokinetics

Get checked abstract F. Mayer, J. T. Hartmann, J. von Pawel, J. Beck, M. Schroeder, I. Boehlke, L. Kanz, and C. Bokemeyer

A phase I study of oral uracil–ftorafur plus folinic acid in combination with weekly paclitaxel in patients with solid tumors
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 755-759; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf129 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E. Cellarier, C. Terret, P. Labarre, R. Ouabdesselam, H. Curé, C. Marchenay, J. C. Maurizis, J. C. Madelmont, P. Chollet, and J. P. Armand

Pharmacokinetic study of cystemustine, administered on a weekly schedule in cancer patients
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 760-769; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf098 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. A. Rosenthal, D. Rischin, G. McArthur, K. Ribbons, B. Chong, J. Fareed, G. Toner, M. D. Green, and R. L. Basser

Treatment with the novel anti-angiogenic agent PI-88 is associated with immune-mediated thrombocytopenia
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 770-776; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf117 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miscellaneous tumors

Get checked abstract C. Twelves, M. Campone, B. Coudert, M. Van den Bent, M. de Jonge, C. Dittrich, R. Rampling, R. Sorio, D. Lacombe, C. de Balincourt, and P. Fumoleau

Phase II study of XR5000 (DACA) administered as a 120-h infusion in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 777-780; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf121 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hematologic Malignancies

Get checked abstract W.-I. Lee, H. Kantarjian, A. Glassman, M. Talpaz, and M.-S. Lee

Quantitative measurement of BCR/abl transcripts using real-time polymerase chain reaction
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 781-788; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf156 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. Patte, C. Sakiroglu, S. Ansoborlo, A. Baruchel, E. Plouvier, H. Pacquement, and A. Babin-Boilletot

Urate-oxidase in the prevention and treatment of metabolic complications in patients with B-cell lymphoma and leukemia, treated in the Société Française d’Oncologie Pédiatrique LMB89 protocol
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 789-795; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf134 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical cases

Get checked abstract N. Frickhofen, F.-J. Beck, B. Jung, H.-G. Fuhr, H. Andrasch, and M. Sigmund

Capecitabine can induce acute coronary syndrome similar to 5-fluorouracil
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 797-801; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf035 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Trojan, M. Jermann, C. Taverna, and T. F. Hany

Fusion PET–CT imaging of neurolymphomatosis
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 802-805; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf057 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

J. Rudi

Chemotherapy with gemcitabine in patients with gall-bladder carcinoma
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 807; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf162 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. Medina Arana, Y. Barrios del Pino, C. García-Castro, J. J. González-Aguilera, A. Fernández-Peralta, and F. González Hermoso

Highly aggressive leiomyosarcoma associated with Lynch II syndrome: increasing the range of extracolonic cancers related with hereditary non-polyposis colonic cancer
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 807-808; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf163 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews

D. Schrijvers

D. Jeffrey (ed). Teaching Palliative Care: A Practical Guide
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 809; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf141 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Fink

S.C. Rubin, G.P. Sutton (eds).Ovarian Cancer
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 809-810; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf140 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Bendandi

S.A. Brooks, U. Schumacher (eds). Metastasis Research Protocols, Volumes 1 & 2
Ann Oncol 2002 13: 810; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf180 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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